Wed
Feb 1 2012
05:45:pm
The other side of Governor Haslam's three-dollar bill
By: EricLykins  shortURL

Previously, we talked a little about Gov. Haslam's proposal to cut the grocery tax to save us 3 dollars per year.

Governor Haslam has also proposed to raise the “DEATH TAX” exemption, so Steve Ross called the TN Dept. of Revenue to "ask them just how many people actually pay the tax every year for the past three fiscal years."

Is .01% the same as .0001 or one in ten-thousand or one per cent of one per cent? Mixing fractions and decimals and percentages can be confusing. Is this an issue that nearly all 6.8 million of us would never ever care about? How is this "issue" a cornerstone of conservative brand loyalty?

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Andy Axel's picture

Mixing fractions and decimals

Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2012/02/01 - 5:58pm.

Mixing fractions and decimals and percentages can be confusing.

Remember Verizon math?

Rachel's picture

.01% is indeed .0001.

Submitted by Rachel on Wed, 2012/02/01 - 6:20pm.

.01% is indeed .0001.

EricLykins's picture

one one-hundredth per cent

Submitted by EricLykins on Sat, 2012/02/04 - 8:25am.

one one-hundredth per cent

EricLykins's picture

"Well, I mean, it's obviously

Submitted by EricLykins on Thu, 2012/02/02 - 12:57am.

"Well, I mean, it's obviously a difference of opinion."

Tamara Shepherd's picture

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Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Wed, 2012/02/01 - 9:18pm.

How is this "issue" a cornerstone of conservative brand loyalty?

Conservatives who are piss poor now but confident in "trickle down economics" and "free market forces" want to plan ahead. Seriously.

Min's picture

To quote John Steinbeck...

Submitted by Min on Wed, 2012/02/01 - 9:54pm.

“Socialism never took root in America, because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

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